tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post2998811570739913064..comments2020-06-05T00:40:33.867-04:00Comments on CHEMOBRAIN.....In The Fog: RANTIN' AND RAGIN'AnneMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-13767164269314728902015-01-21T22:46:33.316-05:002015-01-21T22:46:33.316-05:00&quot;I think I&#39;m a damn genius.&quot; Love it...&quot;I think I&#39;m a damn genius.&quot; Love it !!waistcincherhqhttp://waistcincherhq.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-39265708883511791142013-10-11T12:43:07.597-04:002013-10-11T12:43:07.597-04:00Thanks to all.....
The truth is I&#39;m **tryin...Thanks to all..... <br /><br />The truth is I&#39;m **trying** to stay away from all of this stupidity. It&#39;s not going to change any time soon and yes, this is offensive on every level, any day of the year. Totally agree with you BA and with you, too anonymous.... <br /><br />I don&#39;t want to incite a riot over anything but I am highly sensitive to the needs of the metastatic community. As a non-metastatic patient, I am following their lead and give them a voice. If enough of those in that community don&#39;t like something, I&#39;m going to open my mouth. <br /><br />They are already marginalized within the greater breast cancer community. They have been using the 13th to highlight that they&#39;ve been swallowed by the pink machine--that they are &quot;non-existent.&quot; Their feelings make the date of this event most offensive to me. First, I am going to make sure they are heard...<br /><br />The urgency of the needs of those with metastatic disease can not be understated.<br /><br />The idiotic nonsense that is cloaked under the guise of awareness? Yes, we need to call this shit out.<br /><br />This year, however, in this space, I&#39;ve made my focus:<br /><br />Don&#39;t mess with anything that is supporting or attempting to bring attention to those whose needs are the greatest.<br /><br />This event, Not Acceptable. Ever. On this particular date, INTOLERABLE because once again, stupidity is overshadowing those for whom there has been very little progress.<br /><br />xoxo<br />AM<br /><br /><br />AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-67586786872231298982013-10-11T01:53:53.645-04:002013-10-11T01:53:53.645-04:00I finally found an article on this that didn&#39;t...I finally found an article on this that didn&#39;t draw more people to the &quot;campaign&quot; (I use that term loosely). There&#39;s a back story to this which is quite enlightening, but doesn&#39;t make it any less tasteless and inappropriate. <br /><br />Yes. The choice of dates was unfortunate. But in my opinion, there is no date that would be acceptable. Why? Because there is a very fine line between being provocative and exploitation -- especially when it comes to BC campaigns. And frankly, BC is a LOT of things, but &quot;sexy&quot; isn&#39;t one of them. This campaign doesn&#39;t educate. It doesn&#39;t support awareness (except the &quot;show us your tits&quot; variety). And it CERTAINLY doesn&#39;t show respect OR support of any person who has experienced the trauma of BC surgery. How exactly is a woman who has had multiple biopsies, a lumpectomy, or mastectomy (with or without reconstruction) supposed to feel &quot;honored&quot; by such a flagrant display of Boobage? I think the only thing that could make this worse if it were an event sponsored by Victoria&#39;s Secret and held at Hooter&#39;s. <br /><br />As much as I&#39;d like to overlook the obvious miscalculations here, this makes the annual Facebook &quot;Awareness&quot; Game pale in comparison. <br /><br />For your reference, see these two articles: <br /><br />Sexualizing Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns<br />http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/sexualising-breast-cancer-awareness-campaigns-20131010-2vaef.html<br /><br />No Bra Day&#39; &amp; Other Dishonest Ways We AREN&#39;T Raising Breast Cancer Awareness<br />http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/162426/no_bra_day_other_dishonest?result=comment_added&amp;comment_state=nonmember&amp;success=1#comments<br /><br />BlondeAmbitionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-3041800424670818562013-10-10T22:06:23.359-04:002013-10-10T22:06:23.359-04:00Honestly, I think too many people are giving the n...Honestly, I think too many people are giving the no bra/Oct 13 way too much attention, I myself will be posting Anita&#39;s stage iv story on Oct 13 which also happens to be her birthday, she never thought she would live as long as she has, I will be asking everyone on this day, Oct 13, to help an MBC warrior celebrate another year of life! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-8912247703964612792013-10-10T19:35:16.273-04:002013-10-10T19:35:16.273-04:00Hit enter too soon... and when it happens.. it rea...Hit enter too soon... and when it happens.. it really SUCKS...<br /><br />xoxoAnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-23936982403936834242013-10-10T19:34:17.727-04:002013-10-10T19:34:17.727-04:00Yes, name the day and run with it! We have to tak...Yes, name the day and run with it! We have to take what we need, collectively... and then ACT on it!<br /><br />There is not official &quot;Previvor&quot; day either... <br /><br />I&#39;m the monkey in the middle in my life... &quot;mets in mom&quot; &quot;previvor status for daughter&quot; and me &quot;NED and well aware that could be ripped from my status in a split second&quot; ...... I remember the split second I typed the words &quot;metastatic&quot; about my mom. I can still see myself, like an out of body thing.... IT HAPPENS.... AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-3335618568903519662013-10-10T19:30:05.165-04:002013-10-10T19:30:05.165-04:00&lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3&lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-51025336563108379312013-10-10T19:29:45.007-04:002013-10-10T19:29:45.007-04:00You make me laugh, Lexie..... not that any of this...You make me laugh, Lexie..... not that any of this is funny... but yeah... enough already.AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-78316817894846413372013-10-10T19:29:05.169-04:002013-10-10T19:29:05.169-04:00I&#39;m all in on the Education thing. I swore I ...I&#39;m all in on the Education thing. I swore I was banning the &quot;A&quot; word in a post I wrote in September.. http://chemo-brain.blogspot.com/2013/09/awareness-not-welcome-here.html I know it&#39;s not clickable.... but you can cut and paste....<br /><br />It IS all about educating.... and on a global stage. That&#39;s part of the reason I was so anxious to have Kwanele write yesterday&#39;s post from her perspective as a South African woman who is a passionate advocate with her own horrific story.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />AnneMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728571907921895836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-15317201698695003062013-10-10T17:29:40.971-04:002013-10-10T17:29:40.971-04:00Someone needs to GET OVER 2009...Someone needs to GET OVER 2009...The Dirty Pink Underbellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060961249044941562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-24144731738277342822013-10-10T17:27:04.285-04:002013-10-10T17:27:04.285-04:00So spot on! Well done AM. Global (I can&#39;t even...So spot on! Well done AM. Global (I can&#39;t even say the A word) as in International Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness (there, I said it) Day. I doubt the braless day people went before congress. Name the day, run with it. Again, this was some excellent ranting! The Dirty Pink Underbellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060961249044941562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-91203767820026488132013-10-10T15:18:51.695-04:002013-10-10T15:18:51.695-04:00TP, As Nancy also wisely pointed out recently, glo...TP, As Nancy also wisely pointed out recently, global awareness is sorely lacking, and as we all should know, metastatic breast cancer awareness is also sorely lacking… Education and Awareness should go hand in hand. The national MBC day is American, whatever year or years claimed. A great many of us are not American. I would like to see global awareness. Global awareness of fact, truth, and reason. I would like to see the various global fragments of research and monies pulled together. That would be truly powerful. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720848479838074524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-89530295699854323502013-10-10T14:32:51.133-04:002013-10-10T14:32:51.133-04:00&quot;MY &quot;TATAS&quot; are in a medical waste ...&quot;MY &quot;TATAS&quot; are in a medical waste field...&quot; Yup... LOL<br />You are a damn genius AM. Just sayin&#39; ... &lt;3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720848479838074524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-67480908480096619372013-10-10T12:10:17.270-04:002013-10-10T12:10:17.270-04:00That&#39;s why it was so important to advocate for...That&#39;s why it was so important to advocate for this day each and every year, not just 2009, this group, whoever they are, probably are not even aware that this is &quot;our day&quot;; but I liked Nancy&#39;s Point blog where she &quot;points&quot; out the need to change the NBCAM to &quot;Education&quot; month instead of awareness, then at least the media and all of the classifications of breast cancer can be covered-&quot;educate the masses&quot; instead of making them aware-we have had enough awareness already, enough to choke a horse! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998750703000486763.post-70375484635516781262013-10-10T11:17:49.778-04:002013-10-10T11:17:49.778-04:00Yes you are a genius. When I first saw the ad I th...Yes you are a genius. When I first saw the ad I think I threw up a little bit. I am thankful none of my friends posted.Lexiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751099364249641011noreply@blogger.com